Hidden Strike: After sitting on a shelf for 5 years, this Jackie Chan & John Cena motion film is a shock hit on Netflix.
Jackie Chan and John Cena star in Hidden Strike, an motion film which sat on a shelf for 5 years solely to develop into a shock hit on Netflix. How’s that for a glow-up? The streaming service has dropped its Prime Ten for the previous week and Hidden Strike has taken the primary spot for the second week in a row with 23.5 million views.
Jackie Chan and John Cena play two ex-special power troopers who should escort a bunch of civilians alongside Badhdad’s Freeway of Demise to the protection of the Inexperienced Zone. Hidden Strike was shot again in September 2018, so this one has remained beneath the radar for fairly a while.
The movie was directed by Scott Waugh (Want for Velocity) from a script by Arash Amel (The Titan) however was a completely Chinese language-funded undertaking filmed in China utilizing native crews. “Some Western expertise simply come in-and-out once they do a China undertaking, however these guys have a dedication to the tradition and trade,” mentioned Jackie Chan when the undertaking was introduced. “Scott has been residing right here for months to arrange for the movie, and John has been studying Mandarin on his personal for years, means earlier than we requested him to hitch our forged.” The movie was alleged to capitalize on the partnership between Hollywood and China that was all the craze again then, however soured commerce relations and the COVID-19 pandemic left the undertaking in limbo. It’s additionally doable that John Cena’s actions could have additional delayed the movie when he referred to Taiwan as a rustic whereas selling F9. There was an instantaneous backlash and Cena issued an apology, which was additionally criticized.
“When a bunch of worldwide rebels goal an enormous oil refinery in Iraq, a personal Chinese language safety group led by Commander Luo (Chan) volunteers to escort almost 500 civilians to security in Iraq’s Inexperienced Zone,” reads the official synopsis. “To get there, they have to journey through bus alongside one of the harmful roads on the earth. On the way in which, they’re attacked by a group of mercenaries, together with adorned US veteran Chris (Cena). Initially reluctant to tackle the job, Chris accepts the provide after discovering out the exorbitant value of restoring water to the Iraqi village the place he lives. As Luo and Chris discover out who’s actually behind the oil refinery heist, the 2 be a part of forces to avoid wasting lives… and kick ass.“
Hidden Strike is now streaming on Netflix. Have you ever watched it?